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Revelation: A Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Revelation is one of the most complicated in the New Testament. The book calls for a prophetic reaction to the world and uses some of the most violent language of the entire Bible. Brian Blount’s commentary provides a sure and confident guide through these difficult and sometimes troubling passages, seeing Revelation as a prophetic intervention and at the same time an awe-inspiring...

Interestingly, John also characterizes the churches in 1:12, 13, and 20 as seven lampstands. It does not take much imagination to theorize that the churches (lampstands) are powered by the force of God’s Spirit (flames). But if God uses God’s power (Spirit) to contest Roman control of human history, and God also uses God’s power to empower the churches to whom John is writing, then it must also be the case that John’s churches will form one of the principal mechanisms through which God will win the
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